This contribution reviews research surrounding the assumptions that underpin the use of
beryllium-7 (7 Be) as a soil and sediment tracer in river basins. As a cosmogenic …

Although 137 Cs has been used extensively to study soil erosion and particle transport in
the terrestrial environment, there has been much less work using excess or unsupported …

7 Be and 210 Pb air concentration and depositional flux data provide key information on the
origins and movements of air masses, as well as deposition processes and residence time …

Previous studies using fallout radionuclides (137Cs and 210Pbex) to determine the relative
contributions of surface‐soil and channel erosion (including gullies and channel banks) to …

Intensification and expansion of agricultural production since the 1970s have increased soil
erosion problems in south-central Chile. Quantitative information on soil loss is needed for …

Purpose The results of sediment source tracing in large river catchments depend on defined
sources being adequately represented by the sampling and in subsequent numerical …

The need for spatially distributed information on soil mobilization, transfer, and deposition
within the landscape by erosion has focused attention on the potential for using fallout …

This chapter examines the application of natural (7 Be and 210 Pb) and anthropogenic
fallout radionuclides (134 Cs, 137 Cs, 239,240 Pu) to determine soil erosion rates. Particular …

The cosmogenic fallout radionuclide beryllium-7 (t1/2= 53.3 days) can be employed as a
tracer to estimate soil redistribution rates, residence times and relative contributions of …

Understanding processes that govern the transport and distribution of terrestrial sediments
to and within bays is critical for interpreting the drivers of long-term changes in these …